Recipes

Faluda and kyet thar thoke— Burmese falooda and spiced chicken salad. (Photographs by Martin Poole)

With chapters on snacks, salads, curries, rice, noodles and sweets, the simple recipes are perfect for a quick weekday family meal or a comforting slow cook on a weekend.

Pumpkin curry and bean fritters—two dishes from “Mandalay: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen." (Cristian Barnett)

Try your hand at Myanmar cooking during your lockdown adventure.

Braised beef curry and charred tomato salsa—two dishes from the new “Mandalay: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen." (Cristian Barnett)

Learn how to make braised beef curry and charred tomato salsa—two dishes from the new “Mandalay: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen."

Dried bamboo shoot salad. (Hsu Myat Oo)

A Myanmar favoruite, dried bamboo shoot can be made into a tasty salad.

Pork rib and radish soup with fried bean curd, Myanmar style. (Hsu Myat Oo)

In upper Myanmar, we eat a lot of bean curd, sometimes frying it to make a sweet and spicy taste

Potato peels bubbling in pans of oil are a common sight on Yangon’s streets.

The chilli and salt mix is a spicy addition to a Burmese dinner set. (Soe Naing Tun)

This chilli and salt mix is popular across Myanmar for lunch and dinner.

Yogurt with mango. (Vee Satayamas / Flickr)

It's easy, cheap and perfect for your Yangon breakfast.

Chickpea curry. (Jules)

A sweet meal that’s so easy to chew grandpa doesn’t need to worry about putting his dentures in.

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